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Andrew Rose (andrew@ajrose.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> The bottom line is this: We are a group of people who allegedly know how 
> to set up our systems to maximum efficiency in order to maximise our 
> chances of accessing the new server (can you imagine the _average_ PC user 
> editing their STARTUP.NOS equivalent?). We are ALL experiencing BIG 
> problems and unacceptable delays. Those who are not contributing to the 
> debate may well have given up altogether - when you can't get on in an 
> evening it's a bit of a pisser, never mind the fact that it prevents you 
> taking part in the debate (it's not every night we've all got the time to 
> devote to this, let alone the money). We all pay our money every month. 
> We're all receiving a deteriorating service. Is anything going to be done 
> to change this? Or should we be looking to move en masse elsewhere - to 
> someone who'll take on board a bunch of Atarians (and maybe even make the 
> odd concession to our systems due to volume of numbers) and provide what 
> it is we've seen eroded monthly at Demon?

Yes something is being done. That work is being done to improve the
news service by implementing a scalable news server that should see
the problem eliminated for ever has been repeated many times.

The sad fact is that it is happening slower than either Demon or our
customers would wish. I can assure you however it is happening as
quickly as we can implement it.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England